Nick Frost's Role in 'Tintin': Why the Actor Rejected to think about Steven Spielberg's First Mobile Call

Nick Frost and Simon Pegg, the comic co-stars of cult films 'Shaun in the Dead' and 'Hot Fuzz,' are really starring in a few large-title blockbusters: Pegg is at 'Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol' and 'Star Trek,' and Frost is filming 'Snow White-colored as well as the Huntsman.' When weren't enough, are generally in Steven Spielberg's 'The Adventures of Tintin,' which hits theaters today. Frost recently referred to to Movieline about how precisely he thought he missed his opportunity to remain in 'Tintin,' after choosing not obtain the telephone when Steven Spielberg referred to as to recruit him. Pegg was the one which first suggested Frost for your role. However, if Spielberg's California office known as Frost at his home in England to determine if he was interested, he was in the heart of making dinner. "It absolutely was like 9 o'clock throughout the evening," Frost recognized. "They mentioned, 'Steven's prone to ring you in 10 mins should you might be available,' however was cooking my wife's dinner. She wasn't in, I used to be cooking her foods. Plus it arrived at a really crucial reason behind the preparation which meant I really could not answer that mobile call without wrecking my wife's dinner. Therefore I dropped it -- I dropped the telephone call!Inch That needs to be a first for Spielberg, who produced a "really confused message" saying, "Um ... hey, Nick. Did my office contact you? Anyway, call me back." Frost was sure he'd blown his chance, nevertheless it all worked out. "Eventually we have got to speak with one another and, you understand, we managed to get happen. I used to be so pleased! He's quite the hero, he's symbolic of mine if this involves filmmaking, and a lot of my film touchstones are films that he's made. Nonetheless, you can't bring by utilizing your self on set. In my opinion me and Simon allowed ourselves like two several hours of fanboy dancing." Frost also did somewhat dancing (from the different sort, that's) round the subject from the final 'Indiana Jones' film, dodging the question of whether he loved it or else. "Well, you understand. It's tricky, clearly ... but it's still an 'Indiana Jones' film. It's still Harrison Ford as Indiana Manley! I still got that feeling once i heard the music activity. It is really an 'Indiana Jones' film, you understand? It's a Steven Spielberg film ... Should i be trying to become democratic about things ... I loved it. It absolutely was strange, plus it was different, nevertheless it was unmistakably a Steven Spielberg film, which is okay with me at night.In . Browse the entire interview, where Frost discusses his role in 'Snow White-colored as well as the Huntsman,' at Movieline. [via Movieline] [Photo: Getty] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook